Best Alexander Pope Thoughts
- Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend. All
- Envy will merit, as its shade, pursue Dignity
- Nor Fame I slight, nor her favors call Call
- The season when to come, and when to go, to sing, or cease to sing, we never know. Cease
- And write about it, Goddess, and about it! Goddess
- What woeful stuff this madrigal would be, In some starved hackney sonneteer, or me! But let a lord once own the happy lines, How the… Brightens
- An atheist is but a mad, ridiculous derider of piety, but a hypocrite makes a sober jest of God and religion; he finds it easier… Action
- But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company. Admitted
- Dear, damned, distracting town, farewell! Thy fools no more I'll tease: This year in peace, ye critics, dwell, Ye harlots, sleep at ease! Critics
- There is a majesty in simplicity. Inspirational
- Truth needs not flowers of speech. Flower
- By flatterers besieged And so obliging that he ne'er obliged. Besieged
- Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then Nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men. Authors
- Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God, afraid of me. Afraid
- A perfect woman's but a softer man. Inspirational
- The dances ended, all the fairy train For pinks and daisies search'd the flow'ry plain. All
- A mighty maze! But not without a plan. Assessment
- The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on. Coming
- Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And though no science, fairly worth the seven. Fairly
- The light of Heaven restore; Give me to see, and Ajax asks no more. Ajax
- Great oaks grow from little acorns. He has a green thumb. He has green fingers. He's sowing his wild oats. Here Ceres' gifts in waving… Acorns
- Search then the ruling passion: This clue, once found, unravels all the rest. All
- Ask you what provocation I have had? The strong antipathy of good to bad. Antipathy
- As some to church repair, Not for the doctrine, but the music there. These equal syllables alone require, Though oft the ear the open vowels… Aid
- A man of business may talk of philosophy; a man who has none may practice it. Business
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